EJPAU 2007. Pięta D. , Kęsik T. THE EFFECT OF CONSERVATION TILLAGE ON MICROORGANISM COMMUNITIES IN THE SOIL UNDER ONION CULTIVATION

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2007
Volume 10
Issue 1

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Horticulture

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Pięta D. , Kęsik T. 2007. THE EFFECT OF CONSERVATION TILLAGE ON MICROORGANISM COMMUNITIES IN THE SOIL UNDER ONION CULTIVATION, EJPAU 10(1), #21.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume10/issue1/abs-21.html

THE EFFECT OF CONSERVATION TILLAGE ON MICROORGANISM COMMUNITIES IN THE SOIL UNDER ONION CULTIVATION

Danuta Pięta¹, Tadeusz Kęsik²
¹ Department of Phytopathology, Agricultural University of Lublin, Poland
² Department of Soil Cultivation and Fertilization of Horticultural Plants, Agricultural University of Lublin, Poland

ABSTRACT

The object of studies was the soil from under onion cultivation after spring rye and common vetch as aftercrops of cover plants. The quantitative and qualitative composition of particular populations of bacteria and fungi were determined in this soil. The microbiological analysis found out that cover plants such as spring rye and common vetch had a positive effect on the development of microorganisms in the soil. Spring rye stimulated the growth and development of microorganisms, especially antagonistic ones, and spring vetch caused an increase of the number of cfu of pathogens.

Key words: conservation tillage, onion, antagonistic fungi, antagonistic bacteria.

Danuta Pięta
Department of Phytopathology,
Agricultural University of Lublin, Poland
7 Leszczynskiego Street, 20-069 Lublin, Poland
Phone: (+ 48) 81 532 30 47
email: danuta.pieta@ar.lublin.pl

Tadeusz Kęsik
Department of Soil Cultivation and Fertilization of Horticultural Plants,
Agricultural University of Lublin, Poland
58 Leszczy?ego Street, 20-068 Lublin, Poland
Phone: (+ 48) 81 533 82 41
email: tadeusz.kesik@ar.lublin.pl

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